How they Voted: Debt Ceiling and PAYGO

by: Jason Springer

Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 11:00:00 AM EST

The House of Representatives yesterday passed legislation raising the debt ceiling above $14 trillion and establishing "pay as you go" rules that mandate that Congress find ways to pay for an additional spending. Here's where our members came down:

Increasing the statutory
limit on the public debt

YES
NO

Andrews
Holt
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Rothman
Sires

Adler
Garrett
Frelinghuysen
Lance
Lobiondo
Smitht

Statutory Pay-As-
You-Go Act (PAYGO)

YES NO

Adler
Andrews
Holt
Payne
Pallone
Pascrell
Rothman
Sires Garrett
Frelinghuysen
Lance
LoBiondo
Smith

Democrats are in blue, and Republicans are in red.

Over at MSNBC.com, they pointed out that Adler was one of twenty four Democrats who voted against raising the debt ceiling and for PAYGO:

Democrats broke up the debt ceiling vote to give vulnerable members a chance to say they were against the raising of the debt ceiling but later to say they were in favor of PAYGO. This legislation has already passed the Senate and will go to the desk of President Obama.

It's amazing that the Republicans, who would want you to believe they are the party of fiscal conservatism and talk about living within budgets just like our families, would oppose a bill to actually pay for the things as you go. At the same time, they'll blame the Democrats for the deficit and debt.

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How they Voted: Debt Ceiling and PAYGO | 1 comments

Both parties aren't serious... (0.00 / 0)

this pay-go bill has so many exemptions/loopholes that its disingenious. Additionally, the GOP isn't voting for a bill that would at least minimumally begin fiscal responsibility. It's purely political posturing on both sides.

by: Reality Jax @ Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 20:42:41 PM UTC